Some quick additions to the photogalleries
With the Shannons Jetta nearly gone, car shopping for car number 10 is about to begin. As you can see from the list below, my tastes are quite varied. I’ve got a running list again of what I want, with pros and cons which I am updating as days go on. I’m finally at a point where I’m tired of swapping cars. I want get something which I can get, enjoy and live with for 3-5 years. No more 1-2 year swaps. Reguardless of what I get, it will certainly be tinkered with. Some of the cars need very little to get them to a point where I would be happy, others need quite a bit for them to be ‘complete’ in my eyes. Plan is not to buy anything till after Christmas. More likely March – May time frame, but if the right deal pops up, could be any time after January 1st.
Faithly Departed ::
Kids are getting bigger and bigger every day. Joey went for his 2 month check-up, and the little tank tipped the scales at 15lbs 12ounces. That’s huge for a little dude. He’s doing quite well, and sleep pattern is slowly becoming normalish. Hopefully will continue to improve. Abby is also getting so big. She went on her first ride at Cornfest this week. SHE asked me to go on, so it was all her doing. Got 0n and off by herself. Daddy was very proud. No fear in this kid. She continues to make me laugh, every single day. Love it.
Kevin and Christa tied the knot this past weekend. It was an awesome day, and lots of fun. Congrats to the happy couple. Pictures will be uploaded when I finally have a minute. Not much more to say. Can’t remember laughing that much, that long in a long time.
Sorry for the cheesy Grease 2 reference in the topic, but guess who bought a bike 😉 After years of wanting one, Kyle and I finally struck up a deal, and I am the proud owner of a 1990 Yamaha FZR600. Needs a tiny bit of TLC from the bike sitting but its in good shape, and should serve me well. Really looking forward to getting it on the road in the spring. I could probably do it this summer/fall, but with Shannon off work, insuring yet another vehicle is a bad idea. Ian has been giving me a hand with the tear down. Currently sitting with the carbs removed ready to be cleaned. Once that’s done, oil change, new sprockets, and clean the chain, and it should be all ready for spring. I can’t wait to take it for a rip
Jetta is nearing it’s lease end date. It doesn’t expire till middle of October, but with us being in Florida at that point, we will be returning it later September, so it is done and finished before we leave. As of today, I have about 4500kms left to go until 100K. Considering I want to drive it till end of September, I may be a bit tight on Kms. When I’m in the last 1000, I will likely drive the Audi until the Jetta is gone. Shannon can drive the Jetta for errands at that point. Once it goes back, Dad has been nice enough to let me borrow the Golf until we buy something for me to replace the Jetta with. See my car shopping blog HERE. Originally I was planning on getting something right away. I think I may hold off until after Christmas, more likely closer to March before I seriously start looking at cars to actually buy. Longer I wait, the more months we have with out the car payment, the easier Shannon’s maternity leave will be on the finances. So sometime after January 1st and before June, I will have something new, but not before that. That said, the blog above will be updated as I plan on spending alot of time really deciding what to get. Test drives will commence pretty much any day now. Give me some serious time to decide.
